Chapter 939

"Embassy? Really? "

Schroeder showed a smile. He thought the emperor of Chongqing would not care how they stayed in Qingzhou, but he put forward such a perfect proposal.

”Yes, with the embassy, your envoys sent to Dayu can deal with the affairs between the two countries and promote the trade and cultural exchanges between the two countries. "

in the face of Schroeder, Xiao Ming probably proposed the specific functions of embassies. In fact, in contemporary Europe, there are consulates that can only be close to embassies.

The history of consulates can be traced back to the middle ages, when western capitalism had sprung up. Businessmen did business in European countries and even settled in the cities where they did business.

These people often have trade disputes with their country of residence. In order to solve the disputes, they act as arbitrators or mediators. So the merchant consul appeared.

At present, Western civilization is basically in the middle and late 18th century. Generally speaking, it is a period of prosperous international trade. Western countries pay more attention to the value of consular system, and even make laws for consulates abroad.

However, compared with the west, the diplomatic system of Dayu is still relatively backward. After all, ten years ago Dayu basically did not establish relations with other countries outside the tributary system.

Countries within the tributary system only pay tribute every year. There are not so many things to say.

But now, first came the Netherlands, and now came Prussia. He believed that with the development of greater Chongqing in the world, more and more countries would go to greater Chongqing to set up embassies.

At the same time, in his view, with the rise of Dayu, the civilization brilliance brought by Dayu will spread to the world with Dayu as the center. Asia, Europe and America will be affected.

After all, people in this world are constantly flowing. The expansion of business activities in Dayu will inevitably add to the culture, economy and technology of Dayu, just as the West brought its own technology and culture to the colony at the same time of colonization.

”That's exactly what we want. "A stone fell to the ground in Schroeder's heart. From the attitude of the great Yu emperor, they were willing to cooperate with Prussia.

In his opinion, Prussia is the only country that can cooperate with the great Chongqing. First of all, the interests of tsarist Russia in the Far East are doomed to be unable to cooperate between the two countries. The Dutch territory is too small, the population is limited, and the army is weak, so it is impossible to carry out an all-round war with the European powers. Austria and Hungary are not monolithic, and they are in the same period when the Austrian Emperor concurrently served as the Hungarian emperor At that time, Hungarian nobles were also seeking more rights and interests.

As for Poland, this country is being eroded by European powers. Needless to say, France and Britain signed the Treaty of alliance between Portugal and Britain in hundreds of years. This treaty has been maintained until now. It can be said that it is Britain's staunch ally and will not be used by Chongqing. Spain also has a large number of colonies overseas and will naturally be a long-term ally.

Thinking of this, Schroeder seemed to see through the limitations of the current contact between Dayu and European countries, so he boldly said: "Your Majesty, I have one last request. I hope we can send noble children to Dayu to study abroad, and I hope your majesty will succeed."

"Study abroad? "

Xiao Ming's eyes turned. He had thought about this question before Schroeder came, and now he has the answer.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "I will grant you this request."

Schroeder was ecstatic when he heard that he did not expect these aristocratic children studying abroad to learn the most advanced technology of Dayu. He just hoped that what they learned would not let Prussia be left behind by Britain and France. They could not use the internal war of Dayu to capture talents of Dayu like Britain and France.

After agreeing to Schroeder's last request, Xiao Ming talked with Schroeder about the details of cooperation. Finally, he asked Pang Yukun to entertain Schroeder.

Watching the group leave, Fiji said at this time: "is Prussia really so important? The emperor actually agreed to their request to study abroad. "

"It's important. "Now that Britain and France have been helped by traitors, they will certainly surpass the current European countries in science and technology and firearms. In this way, the process of seizing the colony of Dayu will become difficult, and Europe will be out of balance. A unified Europe is not what I want to see, so now we should try our best to help Prussia, a big European country, emerge This will inevitably lead to chaos in Europe. "

after a pause, he continued:" in addition, studying abroad is not all bad. Through the influence of the culture of Dayu, at least a group of aristocrats who are pro Dayu can be cultivated among these students. After these aristocrats return to China, they will influence the decision-making of the high-level Prussians, which is extremely beneficial to Dayu. Otherwise, even if there is cooperation now, I will be happy It is also difficult for us to control Prussian diplomacy. "

" I'm still worried about the leakage of technology. After all, it's a sharp weapon for Dayu to defeat other countries. " Fiji is now paying more and more attention to technology.

Hearing the speech, Xiao Ming chuckled. "Feige's worry is superfluous. Now the overall technical level of Dayu is not something that a few foreign students can surpass when they go back. I will also ask for strict confidentiality of cutting-edge technology. What they learn is just backward technology that we abandoned. "He still has a word to say, that is, with his presence, the technology of Dayu will always be in the leading position.

"In this way, I feel at ease. In fact, the cabinet has been discussing this issue recently. With the emergence of electric power, some steam engine technologies are obsolete technologies. There is no need to invest any more money in research. The cabinet has also stopped investing in some backward steam technologies. However, it is a pity that these steam engine industries disappear. After all, it used to be The imperial court spent a lot of money to build it. So, instead of making it dust, it's better to exchange these backward technologies and products for money to improve the people's life in Dayu. After all, these technologies are not backward for other countries. What's the emperor's opinion? "Fiji said carefully.

Xiao Ming looks at Fiji with satisfaction. After ten years of polishing, now this once great Confucian has kept up with the pace of the development of Chongqing and can think about some unique problems.

"What you think is right. Instead of letting these technologies and industrial products rot, it's better to get real benefits back. I've always wanted to have enough money to make education and medical care in Dayu free, and to establish a welfare system of my own country like the Dutch.

In a conversation with Brandon, he learned that the Dutch social welfare system was established as early as 50 years ago with the generous contributions of many entrepreneurs.

They use these funds to vigorously support scientific research, invention and innovation, and improve the income level of residents.

All these have become the soft power of economic development, attracting the scientific and technological elites and businessmen in Europe like a magnet.

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